I bought some kitchen tongs with silicone pads on the end for picking up and holding cactus. It's a little gentler than the plain metal ones. I bought one of those head mount maginfying deals. It's nice to a) have stereo vision, and b) to have both hands free. I use a masonry drill bit to drill hole...

No problem, Daiv. You're right, my usage of xxxxx was not in a religious or political context. I also hear you about being the admin and having an advantage (unfairness of such advantage is debatable!) I totally understand and respect your stated reasoning. I can certainly find other words to make m...

Sorry about the slow response... I normally do this when I'm repotting because the current pot is too small. In the instances when I've repotted a plant that didn't get a root trim previously, I usually put it back into the same size pot, but a different one. I'll clean and disinfect the old pot and...

I guess it's time to go to the thesaurus to find words synonomous with evolutionomization.

Tim

I was creating a post and when I entered the word e v o l v e every time it was replaced with some other word. What gives? disallowed - see forum rules, disallowed - see forum rules, disallowed - see forum rules the three words above are actually e v o l v e, e v o l v e d, and e v o l v i n g. If I...

Over the past couple of years my repotting process has developed - not lasted, developed. I deleted the word lasted several times and it still shows up! I originally didn't mess with the roots too much, but I noticed that the really rootbound plant didn't thrive after repotting. After reading the An...

Hello, I'm in Cave Creek, Arizona. About 25 miles North of downtown Phoenix. I also use sifted and sorted granite from nearby arroyos. I dump it through a piece of 3/8" hardware cloth into buckets, then through a piece of 1/4" hardware cloth. I use the stuff that falls through the 1/4"...

I recently heard about somethign called Turface MVP which is "calcined clay". From what I've read, calcined clay is clay that is fired above 1200 degrees. It is hard as rock, but absorbs water readily. The Turface product is used on sports fields to absorb water. It's also very common on b...